Harness-buckle



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HARNESS BUCKLE.

Patented Jul 20, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. FUNK, OF HEYWVOBTH, ILLINOIS.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,036, dated July 20,1886.

(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. FUNK, of Heyworth, in the county of McLean,and in the State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and usefulImprovements in Harness- Buckles; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

Myinvention relates toharnessbuckles, and has for its objects to providea strong, durable buckle, of such a construction that its parts may beeasily repaired; also a buckle that can be easily adjusted in itsposition upon the trace strap. I attain these objects by the meansillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a topplan View of my improved buckle attached to straps; Fig. 2, a verticalsectional view taken on the line 00 m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of my buckle with the pin detached.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The letter A indicates the body or plate of my buckle. Said plate ispivotally attached to the strap by means of the yoke B, which isprovided with a pin, G, which is screw threaded at one end and providedwith a head at the other. Said yoke is secured to the plate by means ofa lip, O, on the upper side of said plate. A lug, D, is provided on theunder side of the plate, and at a sufficient distance from the end topermit it to engage with the slot E in the lower strap. The end a of theplate A is held in place by means of a sliding band, F. Said band worksloosely upon the straps and readily engages the end of said plate. Theopposite end of the plate (marked 1)) is extended a short distancebeyond the lip to provide a lever, by means of which the lug may beeasily drawn out of engagement with the strap after the band has beenpushed back from over the end a of the plate.

The operation of my invention is substantially as follows: I provide thetrace-strap with the ordinary holes and pass it through the link. Thenwhen the straps combined form the length required the lug is passedthrough one of said holes and into the slot E of the lower strap. Theband is then pushed over the end a of the plate, thus securely holdingthe lug in place. By means of thelip on the upper face of the plate(which is preferably made of malleable iron) a new link can be easilyattached to the plate when the old one has been broken.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a harness-buckle, a plate. A, provided on its under side with a lug,D, and having on its upper side, near the opposite end thereof, a lip,G, rigidly secured on one side of the yoke to the top of the plate, theopposite side or end of said lip being disengaged from the plate, bymeans of which the yoke B can be easily and quickly detached, a yokehaving screw-threaded openings at its ends, which openings are engagedby a threaded pin or screw, G, in combination with the locking slidingband F substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this13th day of June, 1885.

JOHN YV. FUNK. Witnesses.

THos. SLADE, R. J. OANNELL.

